English Heritage sites near Shobnall Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
9 miles from Shobnall Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
WALL ROMAN SITE
13 miles from Shobnall Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
CROXDEN ABBEY
14 miles from Shobnall Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
WINGFIELD MANOR
21 miles from Shobnall Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
22 miles from Shobnall Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
25 miles from Shobnall Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
Churches in Shobnall Parish
Saint Paul
St Paul's Square
Burton on Trent
(01283) 702221
https://www.theburtonthree.com/
Welcome to St Paul's online. It would be wonderful to see you in person. https://www.facebook.com/theburtonthree
SUNDAY MASS 0930. Weekday masses Tuesday 0930 and Friday 1230. St Paul's is "High Church" with traditional hymns and preaching that links Scripture and theology to 21st century life.
Vicarage 01283 565570
Parking: surrounding streets only: St Paul's Square, Rangemore Street, Grange Street, Needwood Street.
The PCC of St Aidan & St Paul has adopted Lichfield diocesan safeguarding policy: https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/safeguarding/
The safeguarding officer is Susan Ganley, 01283 337932, 07852 473250
Pubs in Shobnall Parish
Albion Taphouse
245 Shobnall Road, Shobnall, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2BE
(01283) 568197
albionpubburtonontrent.co.uk/
Alfred Ale House
Bell & Brewer
Borough Arms
Byrkley Arms
Compasses Inn
Duke of York
Grange Inn
Loaf & Cheese
Marston's DE14 Visitors Centre
Shobnall Road, Shobnall, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2BG
None
marstonsbrewery.co.uk/de14/information/
Marston's Sports & Social Club
Shobnall Road, Shobnall, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2BG
(01283) 562466
Oak & Ivy
119-120 Wellington Street, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2DP
(01283) 538032
